Nokia Maps Keyboard Shortcuts on Nokie E61 (probably E61i and E62 also)

I've found the following keyboard shortcuts for use with Nokia Maps on my E61;

Zoom In - Left Shift
Zoom Out - Right Shift (or Backspace)
2D / 3D Switch - Space Bar
Map Night/Day Mode Colours - Ctrl

Quickoffice Nightmare

I'm having a nightmare with the support at Quickoffice (an Office suite for Smartphones). This is what has happened;

1. I installed the version for which I have a download and it worked great. I entered my license code and that worked great (well, kind of - I hate how Quickoffice accepts my license key but KEEPS THE MENU OPTION THERE TO ENTER IT AGAIN).
2. I run the Quickoffice Update Manager thing and it says "Hey, you can have a free upgrade!". I think "W00T! Yay!" and ask for the download to start.
3. The download starts and the install kicks in, and it fails. I check the Knowledge base and it appears that you must install the software to the Phone Memory and not the Memory Card (like most people would do). So I uninstall, reinstall and it goes through.
4. I run the software and it crashes with a 'BIF 4' error.
5. I contact QuickOffice customer support who reply with an e-mail telling me to format my phone and my memory card. That's a good idea, I figure, after all, it beats the 'turn it off and turn it back on again' solution that falls so sweetly from the lips of many an IT expert. Heck, what kind of software is this that you have to jump through so many hoops just to get something to work!?
6. I reformat my phone and my memory card and reinstall. I run the update and it installs.
7. I run the software and this time, I do not get an error message. Nope, nothing. That's right. Nothing, not even the application because something else has gone wrong but it can't be arsed to tell me what it is.

I am not at all impressed with QuickOffice. It isn't the Customer Support that sucks as much as their software if reformatting the device is necessary to get it to work.

UPDATE: I've just had a reply from QuickOffice asking me if by resetting the device and formatting the card I am actually resetting the device and formatting the card. No, I'm actually waving my magic magnet over the screen scree and the card - could that be it? (I'm being sarcastic)

Getting 3G Back on my E61

Back in the day, when I first bought my Nokia E61 on the 3 network, I was happy and pleased. Then, using Nokia's Software Updater, I thought I'd fix a few buglets. It worked, but it put one pretty nasty buglet into the works; I could no longer get a 3G connection to the internet. Not the end of the world, but a pain with slow connections.

I waited for Nokia to release a new firmware and for Three to make it available, but it wasn't happening. I waited some more, and some more and some more, but nothing.

Browsing the old 'net one day, I saw that there is a way to carry out an upgrade without unlocking the phone and this is 'debranding'.

The premise is this; When I connect to Nokia Software Update, it says "Ah, you're on Three in the UK. Sorry, there's nothing for you here" but a way had been provided which enabled me to change the Product Code so that Nokia Software Updater thinks I'm somewhere else with an unbranded phone.

I repeat, this will not SIM Unlock your phone but if you've lost your 3G connectivity, are unimpressed at how 3 has taken away some of the menu options from your phone (such as switching from 3G to GSM only) or you're just fed up waiting for the latest firmware, this may be of help to you.

• The first thing I did was download something called Nemesis Service Suite (NSS) - follow the link above and download the software (bottom of the page, click on the 'Zip' icon).
• After installing the software, I clicked to find devices then clicked on Phone Info. On the right hand side, in the Product Code, I entered 0523307 and ticked to enable it. Then I clicked on Write and it took seconds for that to finish.
• Next step was to run the Nokia Software Updater and it picked up a new firmware for me, flashed my phone and I'm away!

I didn't work this out all on my own. It took a lot of Googling to find out the solutions provided by the good folks here and here and here.

Of course, if you do anything I've written here and you brick your phone, don't come knocking at my door. Sorry and all that, but it's up to you. This is just the stuff that I did. I'm not forcing you to do it.